Traveling Exhibit Educates and Entertains Chicago Schoolchildren
Chicago Scenic has made learning more fun for generally underserved children in the Chicago area by designing and building a three-dimensional activity area in the Kohl/McCormick Storybus that depicts the story of The Three Little Bears. The goal of the bus as it travels to various schools is to immerse these children in various stories as soon as they enter the bus with the goal of jump-starting their interest in reading.

Chicago Scenic decorated the existing kitchen area to reflect the bears’ taste for porridge, constructed their individual beds, and built Baby Bear’s infamous chair which Goldilocks breaks so indelicately in the story. Everything is completely interactive, which means that kids can work in the kitchen, jump on the beds, and break down and reassemble the baby’s chair. Nothing is off-limits to the children that visit the bus so CSSI had to be sure that it was all virtually indestructible.

Chicago Scenic also created an entry door to their home, a surround for a face-painting area, fabric blossoms, a beehive, and an interactive fishing game, a wall panel for a Leap Frog play area, among other activities and general decor.Project Manager Mark Ewing worked with Gail Sikevitz of Kohl Children’s Museum, Robert Kovach designed the exhibit, and Luis Salces led the job through the shop.

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